Paterbrat,
Just out of curiosity, what do you suppose the odds of being on a hijacked aircraft is? How about being on a hijacked aircraft that originates in North American or Europe? How about a aircraft that originates in Europe or North American where the hijacker has an elaborate plan to bring down the entire aircraft into a strategic target?
What are the odds?
Now...what are the odds of you being physically assaulted while walking through New York's central park at night?
How about being in a car accident? How about dying from a snake bite or being hit by lightening? How about the flu? Actually, your likelihood of dying of these things are huge compared to the odds that the victims of 9/11 suffered. Why aren't we out slaughtering snakes or increasing lightning hazard awareness? Or making flu shots mandatory?
It's because of the publics strange facination with everything related to aviation and the FAA's typical knee-jerk reaction to public pressure.
Certainly, security is a requirment when it comes to public transportation of any sort. The lessons of 9/11 should be that security should be a higher priority. Not that we should rise as an industry and become a bunch of vigilantes.